Cottage in a Landscape

Location

Country: Other
City: public exhibitions

John Craxton was born in London, the son of composer Harold Craxton. He studied in Paris during 1939, but the war meant he completed his studies in London, at Westminster and Central Schools of Art. From 1941-1942, having been rejected for military service, he attended Goldsmiths College, before touring Pembrokeshire with Graham Sutherland in 1943. His first solo exhibition was in London in 1942. Craxton visited Greece for the first time in 1946 and travelled around the Cyclades and Dodecanese Islands. In 1948 he made his first visit to Crete, where he settled permanently in 1977, while retaining a studio in London. He has exhibited widely in both England and Greece. A major retrospective show was held at Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1967.

Places

Subjects

landscape C20th, cottage

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), gouache (as artists material), gouache (as object name), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

John Craxton (1922 - 2009)

Title

Cottage in a Landscape

Date

1945

Medium

Watercolour and gouache on paper

Dimensions

height: 38.70 cm, width: 48.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Sotheby's, 1 June 1977

Inscription

tr: - 30.8.45 - -/- Craxton

Provenance

Sold through Sotheby's, London, 'Modern Britiish Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture' sale, on 22 June 1977 (Lot 137); from which sale purchased by the Depertment of the Environment

GAC number

13320